Summer begins in the Northern Hemisphere at 6:51 AM EDT.
Winter begins in the Southern Hemisphere.
375th birth anniversary of Puritan minister Increase Mather (1639-1723).
Birth anniversary of French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-80).
Birth anniversary of novelist and critic Mary McCarthy (1912-89).
Happy Birthday! Meredith Baxter, Mariette Hartley, Juliette Lewis
1859 - Andrew Lanergan received the first rocket patent.
1893 - The Ferris Wheel was introduced at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, IL.
1940 - Richard M. Nixon and Thelma Catherine ‘Pat’ Ryan were married.
1954 - The American Cancer Society reported significantly higher death rates among cigarette smokers than among non-smokers.
1963 - France announced that they were withdrawing from the North Atlantic NATO fleet.
1972 - Hurricane Agnes wreaked havoc on the eastern seaboard of the US, killing 118 people and leaving more than 200,000 people homeless.
1974 - The U.S. Supreme Court decided that pregnant teachers could no longer be forced to take long leaves of absence.
1989 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that burning the American flag as a form of political protest was protected by the First Amendment.
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